February 2012
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The Breathing Earth simulation →
rupayingattention:
This is quite beautiful
Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.
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Let me tell you about axolotls (in brief)
anideaforamoth:
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aeromachia:
I don’t remember the exact details, but this reminds me in some ways of the experiment where they gave an axolotl growth hormone and it developed into a kind of salamander that hasn’t lived on the earth for thousands of years. I’ve always been fascinated by ancient ruins and civilisations, and I guess I like the fact that there are still genes...
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“I had an easy way with people, and much like Piers Morgan today, was able to...”
– Alan Partridge in his autobiography (via richardmadeley)
JK Rowling's First Adult Novel Is Coming!
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missworded:
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From Publishers Marketplace:
JK Rowling’s First Adult Novel Is Coming, From Little, Brown
Little, Brown has world English rights to the first novel for adults by JK Rowling, the company announced Thursday morning. Little Brown UK publisher David Shelley will serve as Rowling’s editor and Michael Pietsch will oversee publication in the US. All other...
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dangermouses:
My older sister is married to the most wonderful, charming and the kindest man in the world. He has cancer - melanoma that spread to his lungs and now his brain. As of today he is in hospice care. My beautiful older sister has been so goddamn strong throughout all of this, and this is her cause. She’s shaving her head for charity, taking part in Today FM’s Shave Or Dye 2012, to...